Northrop Expects Added Job Cuts
Amid Production Decline at Boeing

LOS ANGELES -- Northrop Grumman Corp. said it expects to cut an additional 1,100 jobs next year, or 2% of its work force, because of a recently announced production downturn at Boeing Co.

Northrop officials declined to project how Boeing's slowdown will affect its 1999 earnings, but spokesman Jim Taft said the company doesn't anticipate a charge or extra expenses from the layoffs. The reductions will affect facilities in Dallas,...